Vending to provide encouragement during the Camino de Santiago: For a few months now, pilgrims who travel the Camino de Santiago They have a new ally on their journey: a food and drink vending machine strategically located in the section between Deba and Markina, as it passes through the Mutrikuarra neighborhood of Laranga. The foodservice solution provides a unexpected resource on a route where supply options are limited, offering a respite to those seeking to regain strength on the route.
Every year, thousands of pilgrims religiously travel through the Camino de Santiago, facing long walks, demanding slopes and the weight of their backpacks. The stage between Deba and Markina, in it North Road, starts with a hard climb to the top of Calvary, a physical challenge that tests the resistance of walkers.
However, for a few months now, pilgrims have had a unexpected respite in the middle of the journey: a vending machine located in the Mutrikuarra neighborhood of Laranga. This solution, developed by Olevending, offers pilgrims to buy drinks, food products and replenish provisions.
A sector that is reinventing itself to offer service up to, literally, in the middle of the mountain
The architect of this idea of automatic restoration we find it in Pikua, a restaurant and rural house located next to the path along which mountaineers, walkers and pilgrims travel on their way to Santiago. The continuous flow of people and, especially, the visible exhaustion of some pilgrims on the climb to the top of Calvary, led to Goizane Elorza, responsible for the establishment with her husband Luis Ángel Alburquerque, to promote this project.
As Elorza explains, some pilgrims arrive at that point well prepared; but others do not suffer the same luck and suffer the wear and tear of the climb from Deba. Therefore, they thought that this last group could use a boost to recover, so it seemed like a good idea to install an automatic machine from which they could stop and continue with renewed strength.
Another aspect that Goizane Elorza took into account was the possibility of providing walkers with a emergency solution in case you have miscalculated your provisions. The march still requires facing the climb to the neighborhood of Olatz and Arnoate before beginning the descent towards Markina, the usual end of this stage. According to Elorza, the pilgrims They may have planned their food and water supply at the beginning of the day, but factors such as a intense hot day can cause them to run out of water sooner than expected. In this context, having a Vending machine on the road can be a valuable resource to help them continue with their journey.
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